Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, other than knowing that the contract has been awarded, I am not sure about the exact size of the building and that. For $217,000, it should be larger than a phone booth. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. If the Minister is stating that the contract was just awarded, what would be the anticipated completion date of the project? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The anticipated completion date would be July of this year, is my understanding. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No further questions.

Thank you. Mr. Nadli. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Underwater resources, there is funding for the Taiga Lab Equipment Project. The notes here say the funding wasn't expended in 2017-2018, and the offsetting amount lapsed in 2017-2018, as well. Can we get clarification on the delays related to this project? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my understanding is the equipment was purchased in March of 2018. Delivery is expected in May of 2018. You don't actually pay for it until you have delivery. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Testart.

Nothing further. Thank you.

Thank you. Next, Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just under forest management, I see Schiltee lookout tower upgrade. Mr. Chair, this has been an ongoing project here for the last number of years. The community was trying to work with the department to possibly negotiate this. The amount of money that has been spent on this after putting it out to tender, contractors were hired. They made an awful mess of the terrain, too, as they try to do this work. A little too late.

If they worked with the community, they would have had adequate time to haul the material out with the snowmobiles. That way, they wouldn't ever damage the land. A lot of unnecessary funding has been going into this. It could have been up a long time ago. Moving forward, when the community does try to offer assistance in building these type of units, we should be working with them. That is my question on this project. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I take the Member's point about working with the communities. I think this project may have run into a couple of little bumps on the road. I take the Member's point about working with not only his community, but all the other communities that are getting some of these projects and tap into the knowledge that they have in the area. I will make that commitment, something we will do going forward.

My understanding is the project is in the final stage, because you can see the carry-over is $22,000. The project is in the final stage and will be completed by June 30, 2018. We will complete Mr. Thompson's lab in May it will be completed, Schiltee Rock in June. Then we will have the phone booth in Providence in July. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member is correct. There is a new complex that is going up there in Shell Lake. It is getting fairly close to completion. I believe it is July 31, 2018. Then the two other buildings that are there, one of them is being replaced by this particular piece of infrastructure. I believe some of the folks in that office are going to move over to another office. Then the abandoned office will either be written off or come down, because they have been there for an extremely long time. I know there is some foundational work that was done to them. That is the plan at the moment. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So it will be their office space? Thank you, Mr. Chair.